iRubric: Writing Assignments Rubric

- Organization and structure detract from the concepts of the paper.
- Does not contain a thesis statement or sense of purpose.
- Concepts are disjointed and lack transition of thoughts.

- Structure of the submission is not easy to follow.
- Paragraph transitions need improvement.
- Concepts are disconnected.
- Lacks a sense of beginning, middle, and end.

- Structure of the paper is clear and easy to follow.
- Contains a thesis or clear expression of purpose.
-Effectively uses transitions.
- Has a sense of beginning, middle, and end.

-Organization of the paper contributes to its persuasiveness.
- Purpose of the paper is clear.
- Paragraphs flow into each other due to skillful use of transitions.
- Has a clear sense of beginning, middle, and end.

- Paper contains distracting grammatical, punctuation, and/or spelling errors.
- Language uses excessive jargon or overly conversational tone.
- Paper is not written in APA style.
- Sentence structure is awkward or confusing.

- Paper contains some grammatical, punctuation and spelling errors that could be distracting.
- Language lacks clarity or includes the use of some jargon or conversational tone.
- Includes errors of APA style.
- Succession of short sentences contribute to a choppy read.
- Contains unnecessarily long and complex sentences.

- Free of distracting errors of grammar, usage, spelling, and punctuation.
- Language is clear; sentences display consistently varied structure.
- Correctly applies APA style.

- Essentially free of typographical and errors of mechanics and style.
- Easy to read; clear and direct.
- Avoids jargon.
- Varies sentence structure.
- Demonstrates mastery of APA style.